Listening and speaking

1. Listening and speaking

2. Listening 1. Before you listen to the tape, discuss in pairs what you would have to do to change Eliza into a lady. Make a list of the most important things and then think about how you will make each change. Then complete the table below.

3. Changing Eliza

4. 1. Buy new ones 2. Give her baths 3. Learn how to walk and behave in upper class social activities 1. Eliza’s clothes 2. Eliza’s hygiene 3. Eliza’s behaviour

5. 4. Have lessons to help her with all three problems: ★ learn the rules ★ practise repeating words till correct ★ learn socially safe topics to discuss 4. Her language: ★ grammar ★pronunciation ★ use of appropriate language (eg no swearing)

6. She got the phrases and sentences correct after repeating them twice: “Do you think I don’t know anything?” “a cup of tea” “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain”. Her “ai” in “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain” and her alphabet.

7. She still doesn't know about double negatives (don’t, no), so her meaning is the opposite of what she means. Her sentence “I can’t hear no difference” means “ I can’t hear any difference”. I can’t hear no difference…

8. Listening text CHANGING ELIZA HIGGINS: Good morning, Eliza. My goodness, how pretty you are after a good bath! Ready for your first lesson? You see, Colonel Pickering and I are both here waiting.

9. ELIZA: Than’ you sir! HIGGINS: So let’s begin. Say your alphabet. ELIZA: I know my alphabet. Do yer thin’ I know noffink! HIGGINS: Now, now! Let’s start again. Say this after me. ( very slowly, loudly and carefully) Do you think I don’t know anything?

10. ELIZA: Do yer think I don’t know anythink! PICKERING: Do you know, Higgins, I think that was better! HIGGINS:(far from satisfied) Once more, Eliza. ( emphasizing each word ) Do you think I don’t know anything!

11. ELIZA: ( very slowly and carefully too) Doo yoo think I don’t know anything? HIGGINS: Now to the alphabet, my girl. Don’t argue — just say it. PICKERING: Yes, say it, Eliza! You’ll understand soon. Do what

12. he tells you and let him teach you in his own way. ELIZA: Oh, well! If you put it like that! Ahyee, Bayee, Sayee, Dayee… HIGGINS: (bored ) Stop at once. Now say A, B, C, and D. ELIZA:(in tears) But I am saying it. Ahee, Bayee, Sayee, Dayee…

13. HIGGINS: Stop! Say “ a cup of tea ”. ELIZA: I cap-o-tee. HIGGINS: Put your tongue forward until it pushes against the top of your lower teeth. Now say “cup”. ELIZA: C-c-c. I can’t I can’t hear no difference ’cept that it sounds

14. more genteel — like when you say it. (begins to cry) HIGGINS: (angrily) Well, if you can hear that, why are you crying? Now try again, Eliza. ELIZA: C-cup. PICKERING: Splendid, Miss Doolittle.

15. Never mind a little crying, you are doing very well. The lessons won’t hurt. I promise not to let him pull you round by your hair. HIGGINS: Now try the whole thing, Eliza. A cup of tea. ELIZA:(very slowly and with emphasis) A cu-up of tea.

16. PICKERING: Good, good! HIGGINS: Better, better! Now try this sentence. “The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain”. ELIZA: (again with emphasis) The rine in Spine falls minely on the pline.

17. HIGGINS:(excitedly) It’s coming! It’s coming! Now try again, Eliza. (slowly) The rain (ai, ai, ai) in Spain (ai, ai, ai) falls mainly on the plain. ELIZA: The rai-ain in Spai-ain falls mai-ainly on the plain.

18. PICKERING: Miss Doolittle, that’s so much better. HIGGINS: Now, Eliza, go and practise by yourself. Keep your tongue well forward instead of trying to swallow it. ELIZA: (beginning to cry) Oah! Oah!

19. HIGGINS:(angrily) Now, Eliza, go and tell Mrs Pearce about this lesson. Think about it and practise by yourself. Away with you! ELIZA:(still sobbing, rushes from the room)

20. PICKERING: Now Henry, couldn’t you have been kinder to that poor girl after all the effort she made?

21. Listening on P70 Testing Eliza

22. 2. Now read these statements and listen to the tape for the first time. Then decide whether they are true or false. 1) Mrs Higgins is not interested in the experiment. 2) Clara enjoys the new small talk. 3) Eliza thinks somebody killed her aunt. F F T

23. 4) Henry is disappointed with how the experiment is going. 5) Mrs Higgins thinks Eliza can go to the ambassador’s garden party. 6) Henry thinks he will take Eliza to the pictures. F F F

24. 1. her grammar 1. her dress 2. her choice of conversation topics 2. her pronunciation 3. her manners 3. her language

25. TESTING ELIZA Listening text HH = Henry Higgins CP = Colonel Pickering MH = Mrs Higgins F = Freddy E = Eliza M = Maid C = Clara N = Narrator

26. N: Eliza’s first test is a tea party at Henry’s mother’s house. HH: Well, hello, mother! This is Colonel Pickering, and this is Eliza. CP: Good afternoon, Mrs Higgins. E:(slowly and carefully) Good afternoon, Mrs Higgins.

27. MH:(to both) Good afternoon. (murmurs) Now Henry, how is your experiment coming along? HH: Well, mother, well. M:(announces loudly): Here is Mr and Miss Hill! MH: Good afternoon, Freddy and Clara. It’s so good of you to come.

28. Let me introduce you to Miss Eliza Doolittle, my son Henry and his friend Colonel Pickering. F: How d’you do? (shakes hands with everyone) HH: Delighted I’m sure. N: Eliza talks to Clara and Freddy while the others listen.

29. E:(very carefully): How do you do, Mr Hill and Miss Hill? C: Good afternoon. May I call you Eliza and do please call me Clara. How pretty you look? F: Yes, indeed. May I sit next to you, Eliza? E: Oh, yes. Please do.

30. F: Now, will it rain, do you think? E: There are indications that the rain to the west of these islands is likely to move to the east. F: Oh, how funny! E: (crossly) What’s wrong with that, young man? I bet I got it right. C: I hope it won’t turn cold though.

31. There’s so much flu about. E: My aunt died of flu, so they said. But I believe they done the old woman in. C: Done her in? Please what does that mean, Mr Higgins? HH: Oh, that’s the new small talk. To do a person in means to kill them. E:(continuing) Yes, why should she die

32. of influenza? She recovered from diphtheria the year before. I believe they done her in. C: (turning to Eliza) Do you mean that? E: (getting enthusiastic) Yes, I do! What became of her new straw hat that she promised to me? Somebody stole it, and what I say is: the person who

33. stole it, done her in. Her family would have killed her for a hat-pin, let alone hat! F: (can’t help laughing) I like the new small talk. E:(angrily) If that was right, why were you laughing? Have I said anything I oughtn’t, Mrs Higgins?

34. MH: Not at all. E: Well, what I say is… HH: (looking at his watch) Ahem! E: (taking the hint and rising) Well, I must go. So pleased to have met you. Goodbye. MH: Goodbye. F: May I walk you home?

35. E: Walk? Not likely! I’m going in a taxi! (exits) (Freddy and Clara also rise) C: It’s time for us to leave. Thank you, Mrs Higgins. MH: It’s been my pleasure. See you next week then? (exit the Hills) HH: Now, mother, do you think she is

36. ready for the ambassador’s garden party? MH: You silly boy. Of course not. She looks all right, of course. But she gives herself away with every sentence she speaks! HH: Never mind about that! Pickering and I will just have to work a little

37. harder. Do you think, Pickering, we should take her to the theatre? CP: Yes, what a good idea! But do you think she’ll…(fade out as they leave the house)

38. Listening task on P73 The ambassador’s garden party

39. 1. Read the following statements, and then listen to the tape and decide whether they are true or false. 1) Henry thinks Mr Pommuck is his best and greatest student. 2) The ambassador’s wife is impressed by Eliza’s beauty. F T

40. 3) Mr Pommuck thinks Eliza speaks the language so perfectly that she must be French. 4) Eliza enjoys people’s praise and likes to be the centre of attraction. 5) Henry and Pickering are very proud of Eliza’s “performance” and popularity. F F F

41. 1. The ambassador’s wife speaks good English but is not considered to be foreign.

42. 2. She cannot be Hungarian as she does not recognize the language. 3. Beauty does not make a princess.

43. Listening text THE AMBASSADOR’S GARDEN PARTY The ambassador, his wife and their friend, Mr Pommuck, are receiving guests as they arrive at the party. Henry, Colonel Pickering and Eliza arrive together. Mr Pommuck catches sight of Henry as he enters the room and rushes up to him.

44. P = Mr Pommuck H = Henry Higgins C = Colonel Pickering E = Eliza A = the ambassador W = the ambassador’s wife O = official announcer

45. P: Well, hello, Professor Higgins. Do you remember me? H: No, I don’t. Who the devil are you? P: I’m Pommuck. I was our first student, your best and greatest pupil. You cannot forget ME. H: What are you doing here?

46. P: I’m an interpreter of the ambassador and I can speak THIRTY-TWO languages. Nobody can fool me when it comes to discovering what country they come from. You know all about the phonetics of London and I know the phonetics of Europe! (Colonel Pickering and Eliza stand in line ready

47. to be introduced to the ambassador and his wife.) C: Are you nervous, Eliza? E: No, not me. (laughs) Oh, Colonel, this is too much of a dream for that! O: (loudly) Miss Doolittle, Colonel Pickering and Professor Higgins. W: Hello, my dear. The ambassador and I are so happy to meet you.

48. E:(slowly and clearly) How do you do? (passes on to the party) P:(catches sight of Eliza) My goodness, who is she? I must go and find out. (follows Eliza) A: Now come on, Henry. Tell us about the wonderful young lady. H: What wonderful young lady?

49. W: You know very well. They tell me there has been nothing like this for years. They are all standing on their chairs to look at her. (Mr Pommuck comes back.) A: Ah, here’s Pommuck. What have you found out about the Doolittle lady? P: I’ve found out all about her, ambassador. She’s a cheat.

50. W: A cheat! Oh no! P: Yes, yes. She can’t hide it from me. Her name can’t be Doolittle. H:(nervously) Why? P: Because Doolittle is an English name. And she’s not English. W: Nonsense. She speaks English perfectly!